Content tagged with "learning"

A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life
Book Review
May 30, 2020
128

This book is kind of pointless, but I’m still giving it four stars because it’s fun to read. It’s about Hollywood, and stars, and Ron Howard, etc. etc. The author’s point is that he’s been really curious his whole life. He has conversations with famous people, just out of curiosity, which I…

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
Book Review
July 8, 2019
109

Interesting book about how generalists have value, and there might be a myth about those single-minded people who start in one discipline and stay there. It’s good, but the different chapters are not well-differentiated – the titles are vague, and I had trouble following the development of the…